Tiffany A. Yu

Millennial Social Entrepreneur // Inclusion and Empowerment Advocate

Hi, I'm Tiffany

My purpose is to foster communities that empower people of all abilities to dream bigger and do great things.

I am a speaker, social impact entrepreneur, diversity & inclusion community builder, and inclusion and empowerment advocate. I am the CEO & Founder of Diversability (rebranding disability through community) and the Founder of the Awesome Foundation Disability Chapter (monthly micro-grants for disability projects, $15.5k granted to projects in 5 countries).

I've been named one of the "100 most influential Asian Americans of 2017," one of "100 visionary leaders," and a "women of influence" honoree. I've been featured in Marie Claire, Forbes, the Guardian, the Ford Foundation, and The Wall Street Journal, and have spoken at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, TEDx, and Harvard. You can find my writing in the World Economic Forum, Business Insider, Fortune, and Levo League.

My previous experience is in web development, corporate finance and corporate development, recruiting, business journalism, and community management. Previously, I served as an Advisor to an international venture capital firm and worked at Bloomberg and venture-backed startups in real estate and music. I started my career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs, where I was ranked in the top of my peer group and worked on over $14 billion of announced transactions.

I graduated with honors from Georgetown University and currently live in San Francisco.

Speaking

As an advocate for women in business/leadership and disability inclusion, I have spoken internationally at colleges, conferences, nonprofits and other public events. I would love to speak at your next event. Contact me to get started.

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Web Development

In 2005, I created my first website by teaching myself HTML.

Today, I am a graduate of the full-stack web development program at The New York Code + Design Academy. I was the recipient of the Learn to Code scholarship, a full scholarship for the full-time web development intensive program.

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Speaking

As an advocate for women in business and tech and disability inclusion, I have spoken internationally at colleges, conferences, nonprofits and other public events. I would love to speak at your next event.

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Upcoming

America’s Promise Alliance, The Summit for America’s Future, April 2017

Diversability

I am the founder of Diversability, a social enterprise to rebrand disability through the power of community. We started as a campus organization at Georgetown University in 2009 and relaunched to the broader New York community in 2015. I became passionate about disability inclusion and empowerment after a car accident when I was younger left me with a severe nerve injury in one of my arms.

Since our relaunch, our grassroots efforts have grown to Los Angeles, Montgomery, Alabama, San Francisco, and Portland, Oregon. Online, we built our community from the ground up to almost 6,000 followers reaching over 600,000 monthly.

We have been featured in Forbes, the Guardian, Disability.gov, and others. We were excited to be a part of the Ford Foundation's #InequalityIs series and award-winning photographer Rick Guidotti's Positive Exposure Pop-Up Center in New York City in 2016. We were also honored to receive the 2015 Bell Greve Memorial Award from the National Rehabilitation Association.

Chloe + Isabel

I am a merchandiser at Chloe + Isabel, a jewelry lifestyle brand empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs through social retail.

I strive to live by Chloe + Isabel's mantra "Be creative. Be confident. Be you." everyday. Since joining in 2014, I have been featured in the Spring 2015 catalog, the chloeandisabel.com homepage, and was hand-selected as one of the six merchandisers featured as a model for the initials charms Fall 2014 launch.

I have also been able to partner with bloggers and brands like Mochi Magazine (for Kimiko Glenn of Orange is the New Black), Shobha, My Friend Betty Says, Style Me Jen, and In Business and Life.

Personal Portfolio Website

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